RG-A: OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT
George B. Drake
Secretary of the College Papers
RG-A Drake Ser. 4.1

William Deminoff served as Director of College Relations from 1970-85, as Special Assistant to the President 1973-91, and as Secretary of the College 1985 until retirement in 1991. Series 4.1 consists of his office files, arranged alphabetically by subject, more or less chronologically within folders.

Provenance: Papers were transferred to the Archives 1992-94.

Restrictions: Some of these papers are confidential and must be reviewed by the Archivist before release to researchers.

Box Listing:
Box 1
Addresses, articles, reports by various people, 1985-88. Includes addresses by W. Walker; P. French; G. Wubbels; campus lifestyles report
Affirmative action, ca. 1969-80: policies and statements by trustees, president, students; reports; minutes of Affirmative Action Advisory Committee (incomplete); Dept. of Education report on Grinnell compliance with civil rights laws 1981; summaries of some hiring searches. Concerned Black Students manifesto 12-71. (see also RG-O, Ser.6) Mr. Deminoff served as Grinnell College Affirmative Action Officer July 1, 1980-1991.
Apostle, H. G. 1986
Arbatov, Georgi. 1983. Text of 2 speeches, photos, press releases, supplemental clips.
Banner: Midwest Embroidery. (Banner which hangs behind speakers' platform at commencement) Correspondence with Midwest Embroidery, drawing. 1983.
Behavior Science Institute. 1962-65. Brochures, press releases, grant application to National Science Foundation 1964, photoghraphs.
Birth control. press release. 1970
Budget. 1983-87. Reports, statistics. (See also Archives file 02.12/P19, E. Barboni, Historical analysis of college revenues by source, 1983.)
Buildings: Science and Fine Arts remodeling planning, 1989-92. CPMI cost analyses, reports, minutes.
Burling Library rededication. 1982-83. Correspondence, statements by various participants.
CASE (Council for Aid to Education). 1985-89. Analyses of Grinnell fund raising expenditures.
Cech, Thomas. 1978-85. Biographical material.
Closing the College, May 1970. Memos, letters, notes.
Concerned Black Students (CBS). 1968-71. Press releases, memos.
College Bowl. 1961-62
College Planning Committee (Trustees). Minutes of meeting 1989.
Computers at Grinnell. 1988-89. Includes W. Francis's history of computing at Grinnell; W. Francis's six-year goal statement, 1989; W. Walker's computers and their impact on Grinnell College, 1988.
Communications Dept. Evaluators' reports. 1973.
Cooper, Maria. 1989. [Daughter of Gary Cooper]. Clipping.
Copeland, David. 1987. Transcript request.
Correspondence. 1986-89
Correspondence. President. 1985-89
Cubs Room (PEC) dedication. 1985. Correspondence.
Deminoff, William. Texts of writings, speeches (to Grinnell Rotary Club, 1991); Chapter by Deminoff from unnamed book.
Divestment. 1985-86. Correspondence, Trustee resolutions, memos. (College investments in South Africa)
Drugs. 1967-69. Memos, press releases.
Dormitories. 1967-79. Memos, press releases; Leggett's talk with students Sept 1967Eisenhower, Dwight, visit May 1965. Text of Eisenhower's address; summary of press conference; correspondence; press releases.
Ferguson, Pamela. 1991-92. Addresses; misc correspondence 1991.
Greater Poweshiek Community Foundation. 1988
Grinnell College history.
Grinnell, Iowa. Promotional brochure, 1989. Background materials, correspondence.
Harassment and crime brochure. Text; notes from President's Task Force. 1992
Harry Hopkins House (1131 Park). May 1987. Dedication: programs, correspondence; press release; biographical information.
Harry Hopkins Medal. 1988-90. Texts of addresses by William Brennan 1988, Sol Linowitz 1990; correspondence.
Honor Scholars. 1991-92. Summer program for high school students. Descriptions of courses; planning memos; lists of participants; statistics.
Howard Hughes Medical Institute. Grant proposal 1988.
Huff, Barry. 1973-89. Biographical information.
I Have a Dream Program. 1992. Minutes of meetings; annual report; financial statement. (Program began at Grinnell in 1990).
Internships. 1983-90. Student applications, profiles, letters of recommendation, evaluations.
Box 2
Internships: Student reports. 1982-89. Reports by Gail Fisher, Scott Hildula, Dan Halsey, Lisa Hewitt, Susannah Richards, Flora Winitz, Rebecca Quirk, Leisa Knettle, Levin, Jonathan Letchinger, Vicki Seely. Aslo baccalaureate address by Sandra Sorensen, 1985.
Iowa Academy of Science. 1956-70. Mostly press releases.
Lectures (named): Lists of lecturers sponsored by lectureships, through 1991.
Logo: Quirk Design. 1966. Correspondence; drawings.
Kimbo, Conney. 1989-90. Obit; renaming Black Cultural Center.
LaJeunesse, Joe, '90. Script of play, "Vector"
Legal questions. 1989-90. Grievance procedures; political activity on campus.
Marketing information. 1984-85. Ed Barboni marketing report April 1984; Barboni memo March 14, 1985, discussion of marketing.
Mears Hall dedication. Nov. 1986. Program; correspondence; transcript of panel discussion 11/13/86 with J. Zimmerman, M. Kiesel, L. Harris, J. J. Zimmerman, M. Koester.
Misc. information; statistics. 1985-89
Mission and planning. 1990
Movie: "Change in the Making". 1967-68. Scripts; correspondence.
News stories: Texts of Drake's articles submitted to Des Moines Register 1986-87; chronology of GORP cave deaths of Katherine McCluskey and Michael Price Feb 1987.
Noyce, Robert. 1990. Death.
Odyssey of the Mind. 1986.
Parking. 1989-90
Planning Committee. Report 1990. Tapes of Oct. 14, 1989 meeting.
Preservation Publishing Co.: ANSI task group meeting Nov. 1985. Press release, letters from Henry Wilhelm, Sharp Lannom.
Presidents:
Photographs of past presidents
Leggett: photographs, press releases, speeches 1965-81. Inauguration (April 17, 1966): text of inaugural address "Importance of Being Ernest"; texts of symposium addresses by Donald Justice, Ralph Kaufmann, Robert Heilman; programs; press releases
Turner: photographs of inauguration, other photos, press releases. 1975. Inauguration: Planning papers; scripts of ceremony; press releases; memos; text of inaugural address "In This Place, In This Hour"; text of Leggett's greetings. Turner Inauguration, Misc. folder includes planning correspondence; correspondence with Donald Gates.
Drake inauguration: Planning papers; text of inaugural address "The Future in the Past"; press releases; memos.
Ferguson: Final report on the work of the Committee for the Selection of the Eleventh President of Grinnell College. 1991. 6 p. Inauguration: Ferguson's address; program; information on funding of President's medal.
Public & Community Service. 1985-86
Publications and printing. ca. 1965. Report "Centralized control of Printing & Publications at Grinnell College"; job analysis of sports information director.
Recruiting (military). 1967-71. Correspondence; press releases; memos.
Rules & regulations. 1988. Primarily relating to political activity.
Secretary of the College duties. ca. 1985. Duties; "Thematic Developments in Grinnell College's History". End-of-year report, 1988.
Seminar: Business & Industry. Oct. 1976. Transcript.
Box 3
Small Town in America symposium. 1985-86. Planning; correspondence; grant applications to Iowa Humanities Board and others; final report; evaluation of symposium for Iowa Humanities Board by Harland Nelson; speakers' vitas and contracts; transcript of proceedings (master and copy)
Speeches by college administrators. 1970-72 Texts of speeches by Leggett, Deminoff, Avison, Lowewi, Lambie.Sports Symposium. April 4-7, 1984. Transcripts of symposium, manuscript (see Archives 77.42/P2 for published copies); transcript of opening convocation, including keynote address by Roger Bannister; programs; correspondence; photographs; speakers' vitas and contracts; press releases; Deminoff article about Morgan Taylor.
Steiner, Edward. "St. Peter and I" Publication details. 1959.
Student government. 1971, 72. Press releases. Profile of Mario Bognanno '72
Sullivan, Louis, & the Architecture of Democracy. Symposium. April 1989. Correspondence; speakers' vitae; speakers' publication consent signed forms; grant application request; press releases, etc.
Task Force on the Future of the College. 1988-89. Minutes of meetings.
Toynbee, Arnold. 1962-63. Correspondence; press releases; photographs.
Trustees. 1987-91. **CONFIDENTIAL--not open for public inspection** Minutes of meetings; financial and statistical reports; reports to Trustees from various campus departments and committees; Board's long-range planning discussions, Feb. 1989 (draft), Oct. 1987; "I have a dream" program, 12-87; ARH renovation plans and cost estimates, 1988.
Vietnam. 1969. Memos on campus activities.
Video studeo. 1975-76. Regulations; equipment inventory; grant proposal; semester report for fall 1975.
Wilson program. 1984-92. Memos, reports, minutes.
Younker Memorial Health Center. 1957, 1964. Correspondence, press release; Health Center annual report June 1964.
Box 4
Convocation speakers: speakers' curriculum vitae, correspondence, press releases, invitations, office planning papers, etc. for some but not all of the speakers. 1981-91. Arranged chronologically.
Texts of speeches by the following: Afonja, Bass, Brewster, Christiansen, Clotfelter, Coffin, Cooper, Cox, Dinsmore, Gaustad, Haveman, Hough,, Kiesel, Krohnke (text of speech given at U. of Iowa, NOT Grinnell convocation), Leggett, Linowitz, Lowitt, McCormally, McGovern, Talbott, Tederman, Viscusi, Warnke, Williams, Wysong. Typscripts. Arranged alpabetically.
[Cassette tapes of some convocation speeches are in RG-R, Ser. 3 (College Relations), boxed by academic year, no index.]October 26, 1994